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I will keep an eye out for muskrats esshup but as I have said I think my dog keeps them away. For the kind of pond I try to have I didn't mind the muskrats and their holes on the far side of the pond for the benefits they provided for the kind of pond I try to have.

With the warm weather yesterday I did see minnows so they survived the winter OK and so I won't have to restock them. The winter took a terrible toll on the frogs but I saw a few tadpoles and so they will recover, but without these great algae eaters I look for some problems this year. Lots of bluegill dead but I'm sure a few survived to restock them selves. I have two floating grass carp out of six so it could be all six are dead. I will restock them. All in all it could have been worse.